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Despite long-standing frustration over unfulfilled upgrades at the Seneca Library, local officials are taking steps to advance a delayed accessibility project designed to replace the precarious steps leading to the front door with safer access for older patrons. Oconee County Council Chairman Matthew Durham confirmed that he and the new county administrator, Stewart Jones, recently conducted an on-site inspection with […]

Effective midnight on July 31st, the Seneca Police Department officially consolidated its dispatch operations with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office to enhance efficiency, coordination, and emergency response across the region. Under this operational shift, all emergency 911 calls are routed directly through the centralized county dispatch center, eliminating the need for call transfers and allowing county dispatchers to send officers […]

AnMed is responding to a cybersecurity incident and advises patients that while some automated MyChart appointment reminders generated outside internal systems may still arrive via text message, electronic confirmation is not required for care at open locations. Although there is no evidence that patients are being targeted maliciously, community members are urged to remain cautious with electronic communications appearing to […]

An official of Oconee County Emergency Services, Scott Smith, has announced a case of mosquito-borne illness has been confirmed in Oconee.. Insect repellent is an important weapon to protect against encephalitis. Smith says mosquitos tend to congregate in standing water and ponds and the insides of unused tires that are left exposed.

Walhalla City Council has named three finalists for city administrator and voted last night to begin contract negotiations with an unnamed candidate. The finalists include Ed Halbig, a former longtime Seneca planning director recently appointed Walhalla city clerk; Dave Poulson, a current Pendleton police officer, former Salem police chief, and former Pickens city administrator; and Patrick S. Kay, town administrator […]

The municipal councils of Walhalla and West Union are moving forward with ordinances to place a one-cent sales tax referendum on the November ballot following South Carolina’s passage of the Municipal Tax Relief Act. If approved by voters, the tax would remain in effect for up to eight years, directing at least 20 percent of the collected revenue toward property […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office warns residents of an ongoing phone scam where fraudsters impersonate sheriff’s or detention deputies and request direct payment for bond or electronic monitoring to release an arrested family member. Deputies never request direct payments for bail or ankle monitors, as electronic monitoring is court-ordered through a third-party vendor and bond payments are managed strictly through […]

Following national memorial ceremonies in Washington, D.C., and a state procession with an F-16 flyover in Columbia, South Carolinians gathered on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, to lay the late U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham to rest beside his parents at Mt. Zion Cemetery in his hometown of Central. Graham, who died unexpectedly on July 11 at age 71, was remembered by […]

Tyler Lee Louidor, 21, of Seneca, S.C., remains in custody at the Oconee County Detention Center following his Tuesday evening arrest by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office on multiple charges, including Trafficking in Fentanyl. Deputies initially arrested Louidor on Breach of Peace and Public Disorderly Conduct charges following a domestic disturbance call on Bountyland Road, during which he became belligerent. […]

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrests of Zachary David Dorn, 22, of Greenville, and Donald Joey Lesley, 39, of Six Mile, on seven combined charges involving the distribution of child sexual abuse material. Following NCMEC CyberTipline reports, Dorn was arrested July 24, 2026, on one count of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, and Lesley was arrested […]